00:00Hahanap ng ibang source ang Department of Finance upang pondohan ng tourism infrastructure sa bansa.
00:06Ito'y bilang tugon at hakbang sa panukalang batas ni House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos na nag-aalis o nagtatanggal sa travel tax.
00:15Kung ano ang reaksyon dyan ng Department of Tourism, alamin natin sa sento ng balita ni Bel Custodio.
00:20Sinabi ni Department of Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco na ipa-uubaya na niya sa mga mambabatas ang desisyon sa panukalang batas na tanggalin ang travel tax.
00:34Kasunod ito na isinusulong ni House Majority Leader at Ilocosnote Representative Sandro Marcos na House Bill 7443 o ang Travel Tax Abolition Act of 2026.
00:45Ani Frasco, isusulong pa rin na ahensya na patuloy na paglaana ng gobyerno ng pondohang tourism infrastructure, education at preservation kung sakaling maibatas ito.
00:57So, there is a quantifiable benefit to the payment of travel tax.
01:07But, this being a creation of law, we then leave it to the wisdom of both houses of Congress as to whether or not they will continue the travel tax.
01:19Aniya, 50% ng travel tax ay napupunta sa Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority o TIEZA para sa pagsuporta sa tourism infrastructure,
01:3040% naman sa tourism education at 10% para sa pagpapreserba ng heritage structure.
01:38The World Economic Forum indicates that the Philippines runs at number 69 out of 117 economies as far as tourism infrastructure is concerned.
01:49And if we deprive fund for tourism infrastructure which comes from travel taxes,
01:55then we will not have any hope of improvement as far as tourism infra is concerned.
02:03I respect Secretary Franco's opinion, but honestly, TIEZA has an abysmal reputation in terms of absorptive capacity
02:17and actually the funds that are allocated to it are very scarcely or hardly used as efficiently as possible.
02:27Sa pamamagitan ng pag-alis sa travel tax, matutuldukan na ang paniningil na umaabot sa 2,700 pesos travel tax para sa first-class passengers
02:38at 1,620 pesos para sa economy-class travelers.
02:43Nauna ng nilinaw ni Marcos na ang pag-alis sa travel tax ay hindi nangangahulugang pagkalikod sa suporta sa turismo,
02:51kultura o edukasyon na mga sektor na kasalukuyang nakikinabang sa koleksyon na travel tax.
02:57Aniya, marami ng bansa na kasapi na ASEAN ang nag-alis na na travel-related levies para pasiglahi ng turismo at kalakalan.
03:06Ayon sa House Majority Leader, suportado ng Department of Finance ang panukalang batas
03:11at nahanap ng ibang source para pondohan ang tourism infrastructure, education at preservation.
03:17I think the multiplier in terms of the economic effects that the abolition of travel tax will have
03:24will be much higher than that of the Quesa allocating the funds that the travel tax goes to
03:32for projects that haven't necessarily had the highest impact.
03:38Ayon kay Rep. Marcos, magpapasan na ng counterpart measures sa Senado sa Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Subiri.
03:46Isusulong din na House Majority Leader na maisama sa Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council o LEDAC
03:53ang panukalang batas na pag-abolish sa travel tax.
03:57Velcustodio para sa Pambansang TV sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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